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title: שָׁאַף — gasp · The Tanakh dictionary
description: שָׁאַף (7602), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 8 times: gasp. BDB 1906: vb. gasp, pant, pant after, long for. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# שָׁאַף

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«שָׁאַף» in the Tanakh dictionary: **gasp** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 8 times · **Key:** 7602 · **BDB:** שָׁאַף

### Glosses

it.pants.for (2); I (1); I.pant (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

gasp [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7602/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. gasp, pant, pant after, long for [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7602/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. gasp, pant, pant after, long for (so 𝔗 Jb 7:2);— Pf. 3 ms. וְשָׁאַף consec. Jb 5:5, 3 fs. שָֽׁאֲפָה Je 2:24, 3 pl. שָֽׁאֲפוּ 14:6; Impf. 3 ms. יִשְׁאַף Jb 7:2, etc.; Pt. act. שׁוֹאֵף Ec 1:5;— gasp, as a woman in travail, fig. of י׳, Is 42:14 (‖ נָשַׁם); pant after, snuff up the wind (acc.), of wild ass Je 2:24; 14:6; constr. praegn. וְאֶל־מְקוֹמוֹ שׁ׳ Ec 1:5 unto his place he panteth (comes panting), of sun under fig. of racer. gasp or pant with desire ψ 119:131 (‖ יָאַב); pant after, be eager for, c. acc. Jb 5:5 (cf. צַמִּים p. 855b), 7:2 (‖ יְקַזֶּה), 36:20 (but obscure in context).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 8 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «שָׁאַף» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7602/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Job 36:20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.36.20/)

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אַל־תִּשְׁאַ֥ף הַלָּ֑יְלָה לַעֲל֖וֹת עַמִּ֣ים תַּחְתָּֽם׃

*Word for word:* do.not pant.for the night to go.up peoples in their.place

*JPS 1917:* Desire not the night, when peoples are cut off in their place.

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[Job 7:2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.7.2/)

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כְּעֶ֥בֶד יִשְׁאַף־צֵ֑ל וּ֝כְשָׂכִ֗יר יְקַוֶּ֥ה פָעֳלֽוֹ׃

*Word for word:* like a.slave \[who\].he.pants.for shade and like a.hired.laborer \[who\].he.waits.eagerly.for wage\[s\] his

*JPS 1917:* As a servant that eagerly longeth for the shadow, and as a hireling that looketh for his wages;

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